Published March 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

High pressure crystal structure of PrN

  • 1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550 (United States)
  • 2. SPring-8/JASRI, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198 (Japan)

Description

Compression of PrN yields a phase transformation to a tetragonal structure with ∼8.8 % volume collapse at ∼40 GPa at ambient temperature. A refinement reveals a distorted CsCl-like structure for the high pressure phase PrN(II), which is different from the high pressure phases seen among other lanthanide monopnictides. The space group of the new structure is P4/nmm (no. 129) with Pr in the 2c(0,1/2,0.3546) and N in the 2a(0,0,0) positions. PrN(II) persists to 85 GPa.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/215/1/012010

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
215
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
International joint AIRAPT-22 and HPCJ-50 conference on high pressure science and technology
Dates
26-31 Jul 2009
Place
Tokyo (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42040828
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; COMPRESSION; CUBIC LATTICES; PHASE STABILITY; PHASE STUDIES; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PRASEODYMIUM NITRIDES; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; PRESSURE RANGE GIGA PA; TETRAGONAL LATTICES; VOLUME
Descriptors DEC
CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NITRIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PNICTIDES; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE RANGE; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; STABILITY